AFT’s Weingarten: U.S. Supreme Court’s Espinoza Ruling Threatens Public Education
Weingarten: “Never in more than two centuries of American history has the free exercise clause of the First Amendment been wielded as a weapon to defund and dismantle…
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AFT President Weingarten Welcomes Introduction of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
Weingarten: “This legislation makes clear that police brutality, misconduct, harassment and killing have no place in this country." Photo: YouTube The 'Justice in Policing Act of 2020' has…
COVID-19: FRONTLINE ESSENTIAL WORKERS FILE MASS COMPLAINTS REGARDING OSHA VIOLATIONS
AFT: There are currently no enforceable OSHA standards compelling employers to protect workers from the virus that has claimed more than 50,000 American lives. Photo: AFT American Federation…
AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN DENOUNCES DEVOS’ MISUSE OF COVID-19 FUNDS
Weingarten: “DeVos is using what little discretionary money was provided for education in the CARES Act to move full-steam ahead with turning our public schools into online cash…
COVID-19 COULD DEVASTATE SCHOOL FUNDING IF WE DON’T ACT NOW SAYS REPORT
Albert Shanker Institute President and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says: “We can’t forfeit our students' future because of the coronavirus pandemic." Photo: YouTube The coronavirus…
AFT AND UFT: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST DO MORE TO HELP VICTIMS OF COVID-19
Weingarten said: “We are seeing a terrible loss of life as well as loss of employment as a result of this pandemic." Mulgrew said: "Tens of thousands of…
DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE COVID-19 EMERGENCY PAID LEAVE BILL
The PAID Leave Act will fully and quickly reimburse employers for all paid sick days and paid leave in 2020 and 2021 to alleviate the financial ramifications of…
REPS. PRESSLEY AND OMAR INTRODUCE STUDENT DEBT RELIEF PLAN
Congresswoman Pressley. “Our $1.6 trillion student debt crisis stands in the way of any meaningful economic recovery effort during and after this pandemic, which is why we must…
AFT’S WEINGARTEN LAUNCHES “CAPSTONE” INITIATIVE TO COMPLETE SCHOOL YEAR
AFT's Weingarten: “This school year is not a wash—we’ve had seven months of instruction...We’re holding out hope we can bring a sense of completion and finality to kids…
AFT SAYS NATIONAL SCHOOLS SHUTDOWN INEVITABLE AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
AFT President Randi Weingarten said: “Closing schools is an agonizing decision, but, with caveats, it’s the inevitable and correct one in the midst of this unprecedented national emergency."…